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Parents: Yanks should axe gang caps

Damn…Just as King Kay bought an out-of-date intertonelocing NY blue bandanna!

A group of concerned East Harlem parents are calling on the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball to stop selling hats from a cap manufacturer that adds gang colors and symbols to some of their wares.

The hats, festooned with a crown above the “NY” or with a red or blue bandannas stitched in, are well-known short-hand signs for street gangs such as the Latin Kings, the Crips, and the Bloods, according to the Johnny Rivera, president of the Coalition to Protect Our Children, which is leading the fight.

“These corporations are capitalizing on known friction within communities of color,” Rivera said.

“Any 11-year-old could buy one of these and get jumped if they walk in the wrong neighborhood because they don’t know the signs.”

Repoz Posted: August 24, 2007 at 02:03 AM | 24 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Buzzards Bay Posted: August 24, 2007 at 02:21 AM (#2497732)

"seashells and balloons" --Al McGuire
"I think the world is run by 'C' students" --Al McGuire

2. Rich Rifkin I Posted: August 24, 2007 at 02:52 AM (#2497832)

“Any 11-year-old could buy one of these and get jumped if they walk in the wrong neighborhood because they don’t know the signs.”

That request by the Harlem parents seems reasonable. However, it would make just as much sense for the parents to tell their kids not to buy these hats.

3. Best Regards, Larry M. Posted: August 24, 2007 at 02:55 AM (#2497838)

That request by the Harlem parents seems reasonable. However, it would make just as much sense for the parents to tell their kids not to buy these hats.

I, for one, never did anything my parents told me not to do.

4. Mike Webber Posted: August 24, 2007 at 03:24 AM (#2497869)

To me the obvious thing is to just disband the Yankees,and expunge them from the historical record.Wouldn't that be the easiest way to solve the problem? Or at least the most enjoyable?

5. Bhaakon Posted: August 24, 2007 at 03:25 AM (#2497871)

It would take all of twelve seconds for knock-off merchandise to fill the demand if the Yankees or MLB pulled the plug on New Era. Actually, half the stuff is probably already knock-off merchandise.

6. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: August 24, 2007 at 03:26 AM (#2497872)

I think the Yankees should axe the gang caps what they want to do.

7. Best Regards, Larry M. Posted: August 24, 2007 at 03:28 AM (#2497874)

I think the Yankees should axe the gang caps what they want to do.

What is this, Futurama?

8. Crispix Attacks Posted: August 24, 2007 at 04:01 AM (#2497889)

This never would have happen if MLB had an officially sanctioned gang cap.

9. Squash Posted: August 24, 2007 at 04:14 AM (#2497897)

This never would have happen if MLB had an officially sanctioned gang cap.

*Bud's eyes light up*

10. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: August 24, 2007 at 04:20 AM (#2497901)

Yanks axe gang caps? Try saying that five times fast...

11. winnipegwhip Posted: August 24, 2007 at 04:30 AM (#2497910)

This is what George Weiss feared a half century ago You can look it up.

12. DirtyJeeves Posted: August 24, 2007 at 05:01 AM (#2497925)

MLB's more worried about the use of "gang hats" in MySpace pictures right now.

13. Eraser-X is emphatically dominating teh site!!! Posted: August 24, 2007 at 06:08 AM (#2497939)

Did MLB's dog get run over or dogfought or something?

That's like the third person in a week who said they've been harassed by MLB lately over what basically amounts to free internet publicity.

14. MM1f Posted: August 24, 2007 at 06:33 AM (#2497950)

I think every team should axe all their crazy colored hats. Theres no need for a camo Red Sox hat or a white Yankees hat with an equally white logo. Hideous, hideous, hideous.
And why are there UNC hats in red, NC State red. Freakin retarded idea

15. guelphdad Posted: August 24, 2007 at 01:33 PM (#2498023)

I agree with you MM1f but you know it is sales! The one I hate is the Yankees cap in RedSox colours!

16. Bob Dernier Cri

Posted: August 24, 2007 at 01:47 PM (#2498039)

I was at Stanford a few weeks ago and went looking for a Stanford cap in green and white instead of red and white, because if they made them in green and white they would look just like Michigan State caps. Then I thought, this is a really stupid endeavor.

17. Sexy Lizard Posted: August 24, 2007 at 02:26 PM (#2498094)

MM1f, you can pry my pink Red Sox hat off my cold, dead head.

18. meatwad Posted: August 24, 2007 at 02:30 PM (#2498103)

pink anything needs to be removed from all shelves asap

19. Brian Norton Posted: August 24, 2007 at 02:37 PM (#2498112)

[...]according to the Johnny Rivera,[...]

Really? The Johnny Rivera?

Honestly, does Newsweek employ editors?

-Bri

20. Willie Mayspedes Posted: August 24, 2007 at 05:12 PM (#2498266)

You better axe somebody!

21. DCW3 Posted: August 24, 2007 at 05:40 PM (#2498294)

I think every team should axe all their crazy colored hats. Theres no need for a camo Red Sox hat or a white Yankees hat with an equally white logo. Hideous, hideous, hideous.

Precisely. Nobody should be allowed to wear a hat in a style that the team has never actually worn. I had a customer come into my office last week wearing a yellow-and-black plaid Angels cap, and I had to restrain myself from violence.

22. Boots Day Posted: August 24, 2007 at 05:44 PM (#2498299)

Odd-colored caps used to be so unusual that I remember seeing a green Reds cap on display at the Hall of Fame, from when they had worn it on St. Patrick's Day for a spring training game one year. I wonder if it's still there.

23. tribefan Posted: August 24, 2007 at 05:46 PM (#2498302)

You can get pretty much any color Ohio State caps and shirts too, even in blue.

The local annoying talk radio folk have been making a big fuss lately over the fact that the Indians team shop at Jacobs Field sells Yankees merchandise.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/other/1187168381257600.xml&coll=2

24. zonk Posted: August 24, 2007 at 05:49 PM (#2498305)

To me the obvious thing is to just disband the Yankees,and expunge them from the historical record.Wouldn't that be the easiest way to solve the problem?

Where do I vote for that option?

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